Pencil holder



June 6, 1950 F. w. WHITE 2,510,302

PENCIL HOLDER Filed Feb. 24, 1948 ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 6, .1950

,llNlTED VSTATE s PATENT OFFICE PENCIL HOLDER Frank W. White, West Warwick, It. 1.

Application February 24, 1948, Serial No. 10,459

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a pencil.

Various establishments provide a pencil or pencils which are intended to be kept at the particular place of use. Many persons also find it desirable to keep a pencil or pencils on their desk for desk use only. It frequently happens that such pencils, when kept loose, are unintentionally placed in the users pocket, carried away, and thus inconveniences a subsequent would-be user of the pencil. In many instances such pencils have been attached to an anchored. flexible member such as a chain or cord which is efiective to prevent the pencils from being carried away, but greatly limits the area within which the pencil may be used and is not a suitable means for keeping a pencil intended for desk use.

The general object of the invention is the provision of a writing instrument so constructed that a pencil will be held therein in a manner which will make it inconvenient to place in a pocket of the user and which will not limit the area within which the pencil may be used or materially affect the writing therewith.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a fragmental portion of a desk showing a plurality of pencils thereon rigged according to one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the pencil shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a plan view of a sheet material blank suitable for use in making a holder shown in Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a view of a modified holder;

Figure 6 is a plan view of a sheet material blank suitable for use in making a holder shown in Figure 5; and

Figure 7 is a view of a further modification of holder.

The invention comprises in general the making of a writing instrument wherein two elements one of which is a pencil are held in such angular relation to each other as to make it nearly, if not impossible to place the instrument in a pocket of the user. When an instrument so rigged is placed in a pocket, one element will extend from the pocket at such an angle as to draw will realize that he does not want such an article in his pocket.

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description of the invention, It] designates generally a holder comprising a substantially Y- shaped hollow member providing tubular arms I l and I2 converging into a tubular portion I3 to which is secured a ferrule H3 in any appropriate manner, such as by soldering as at l5. An eraser I6 is received in the ferrule and held in place by a usual knurl IT. The holder may be conveniently made of light sheet stock, such as aluminum, cut into the blank i8, shown in Figure 4, and shaped by appropriate tools in the form shown in Figure 2.

The included angle at which the arms II and i2 extend may be a right angle, as shown in the drawing, or another suitable wide angle, which may be found efiectlve for the purpose set forth. An element such as a pencil I9 is received in the arm I I and permanently held therein by indenting the material as at 29 to project into the pencil (see Figure 3). Another element 2| which may also be a pencil is similarly received and held in the arm l2. Each element may be a light wooden pencil similar to each other or may be of a different color as the choice may be.

In Figure 5, I have shown a modified holder 22 in which is secured the pencils l9 and 2|. This holder is similar to the holder shown in Figure 2, but in which the eraser I6 and the ferrule I4 are omitted, the arms I i and [2 thereof being joined by a bridging portion '22. This holder 22 may be made of similar light material cut in the form of the blank 23, shown in Figure 6.

In Figure '7 a further modification is shown, and in this construction a tubular portion 24 is provided with an apertured ear 25. A similar tubular portion 2% is provided with an apertured ear 2? which is placed in contact with the ear 25, and a rivet or the like pin 23 extends through the openings and hingedly relates the portions 24 and 25 to each other. The friction between the ears 25 and 21 will be such as to hold the tubular portions 25 and 26 and the pencils l9" and 2| held therein at the desired angle to each other.

It will be apparent that I have disclosed a writing instrument wherein two pencils or elements are so held as to lie flat when laid on a surface, and that the angle at which the pencils extend from each other will be such that it will attract the attention of the user, should he unintentionally place or attempt to place the same in a pocket of his garment. Pencils so rigged will or attract the attention of the user, so that he also be prevented from rolling off their supporting surface and becoming lost. The weight of the pencils and holder combined will be such as not to materially affect the writing therewith.

I claim:

1. A writing instrument which may not be conveniently placed in the pocket comprising two elongated elements of substantial axial length, one of which elements is equipped for marking means permanently securing said elements together with their axes at a relatively wide angle whereby to interfere with placing the instrument in a pocket of the clothing of the user.

4 2. A writing instrument as in claim 1 wherein both elements are equipped for marking.

FRANK W. WHITE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 0 Number Name Date 617,897 Downs Jan. 17, 1899 1,913,457 Schlumbohm June 13, 1933 

